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No. 397,758. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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JOHN SGLTER, OF BALT TIGRE, MARYLAND.

SOLDERING=NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,758, dated February 12, 1889.

duplication filed December '7, 1888. Serial No. 292,865. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN SOLTEB, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soldering- Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The present invention has for its object principali)v the feeding of solder to cans for outside soldering. Itis shown in part in connection with a machine which is improved not only as to the parts ii'nmediately connected with the feeding of the solder, but also in themeehanism for rotating the canseats, which is a modilicatioi'i of the endless belt shown in Letters Patent granted to me on the 24th of July, i888, No. 3SG,759. I have also shown my feeding devices in vconiiection with a machine in which the table supporting the can-seats has a step-by-step movement.

In the drawings, l `igure il. shows a part of the apparatus in side elevation and a part in central vertical section with means for rotating the table continuously. Fig. is a plan view of the same, some of the parts being in section, some omitted, and others broken away. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent details. Fig. 6 is an elevation, partly in section, of the invention as applied to an intermittentlymoving table; and Figs. T and S are details relating to the form of apparatus shown in Fig. G.

In Figs. l and 2, A lepre-ents a lsuitable table in which is seated a post, u., provided with a sleeve, l), lifted to turn thereon. A worin-gear, c, on the sleeve receiv motion from a worin on the end of a shaft, (l, which is connected with the driving-power. The sleeve carries a table, I3, secured thereto and moving therewith, and this table supports the brackets which hold the can-seats and their spindles.

The parts thus far described are identical with similar parts described in my patent re ferred to. Instead, however, of driving the can-carriers by an endless belt or band, I substitute for the pulley on the lower end of the can-carrier a gear-wheel and give the carriers rotary movement independent of the movement of the table through a wheel, e,

having teeth on its periphery, which mesh in the teeth of the small gears on the lower ends of the carriers. This wheel c is driven from a gear-wheel, f, on the shaft d, which meshes with an annular gear shown at g, being on the under surface of the said wheel.

The can-carriers may be provided with the solid seats shown in Fig. I or the open seats, as shown in Fig. 5, in which the iiame plays directly against the edge of the can.

Holders for t-he upper part of the can and cam-disks for releasing` the can at the required points, to allow of the discharge of the same like those in the patent referred to are shown in the present case.

The feeding devices for the solder I will now describe.

An arm, C, extends from the sleeve l?, upon which it is pivoted, to beyond the line of the can-carriers at one point, and this arm is provided with a vertical part, 7L, and an inwardlyextending arm, h', ruiming parallel with the arm. proper. These parallel parts of the arm provide bearing for a vertical shaft, t'. The outer end of the arm C is supported by a bracket, I, extending from the table, the arm C bearing upon the plate of the bracket. The shaft z' carries a gear-wheel, Z, near its lower end, which meshes in the teeth of the rack m, supported by the table. The arm C is given movement back and forth within limits indicated by the supporting-bracket k by means hereinafter described, and in this back-andforth movement the vertical. shaft is rotated by the meshing of its gear-wheel in the teeth.

of the stationary rack.

On the upper end of the shaft t' is mounted loosely a pulley, n, which has a grooved periphery to receive the solder-wire to befed to the can, and upon a bracket extending from the arm h', I support a spring-pressure wheel, n', in line with the pulley and adapted to keep the solder pressed into the groove, and thus cause it to be fed' along as the pulley is rotated.

Connected to the pulley and made a part thereof is a ratchet-wheel, o, and a pawl, p, pivoted to an arm. p', secured to the shaft e',

is adapted to engage said ratchet-wheel.

IVhen the shaft i is revolved by the rack m as the arm C moves forward, the pulley a will IOO be rotated and the solder fed forward th rou gh l a tube, n2, carried hythearm 7i. ln thehacle l ward movement ot' the arm C the pawl slips .f over th'e ratchet-teeth without nmving` the pulley, and to prevent accidental movement on the return ol' 'the arm a stop-1mwl may! 'he used. The arm t? is moved by means ol' a disk, i', secured to the sleeve (i, and provided on its periphery with ratchet-teeth. The arm (l is provided on its under Yt'ace with a spring'- latch, s, having' an inclined rear l'ace,and the end ot" this latch isdrectly in the pathol' the disk 1'. As the disk is rotated, a tooth en* `:rages the end olf the latch and in the conj tinncd movement ol' the disk the arm is cart ried with it, which constitutes the forward l movement ol the arm. This movcnnmt is checked,however, bythe inclined rear tace of the latch coming,` in contact with an inclined stop, t, which forces the latch hack until it is out ot' the path ol.l the teeth oi.l the disk, when ay spring', Il, immediat ely returns it to normal position. l

The movement ol' the arm maybe limited by a set-screw, l', at the end ol' the bracket 7.'. After the can is presented to the heating'- tubes a spindle connectetfl to a disk on which the can is seated rides upon a canrtrack, af, which lif. the can sufficiently to allow the solder-i`eeding` devices to apply the solder to the bottom seam ot' the can. The ordinary cooling-tubcs, q, are used on the ol'ipositeside of the solder-stati ou.

ln Figs. ti, 7, and S l have shown the feedingl devices modified to meet the rctjluirements of a machineprovided with an intermittentlymoving table such as that shown in Letters latent No. 234,04-8, ol November 3o, 1880, to l). Brooks.

ln Fig. 6 a machine oli this general character is shown, the can-seats receiving' .continuous rotation on their own axis through a sleeve, c', driven trom a counter-shaft, h', through bevel-gears c d. A second gear, c, meshes with gears ou the ends ot' the canseaits, and thus the said seats are continuously revolved. The intermittent movement ot' the table secu red to the sleeve lf2 is ettected through a ratchet-wheel, h3, on the said sleeve, operated by a pawl, f', carried on the end ol.' a pivoted arm, g.

Between the end ol' the arm carrying' the pawl and the pivot a loop, y?, is lormed. in the arm, ot' cam-shape, and a l'rictionaoller, h3, carried on thc under l'aee ot Ythe sleeve a', or on a disk formed with said sleeve, extends into theinterior ol the loop and bears against. its inner periphery. The shape of theloop is such that in t-hc continuous movement of the sleeve a its roller moves the pivotcd arm, with thepawl, positively to the rear, where it engages with the teeth oli' the ratchet-wheelJ and in the contimlous movement of the sleeve the roller positively moves the lever forward, which causes the ratchet-wheel to revolve, thus moving' the 'table and the can-seat carl ricr thereby. 4This movement is eltected once l duringI every revolution oli' the sleeve or', and the amount oli' movement may be regulated by the form ot' the cam-loop, so as to make the table move each time a distance equal to the 1 space between the stations.

'l'hc solder-feeding devices are the same as desm'ibed in connection with the other lorm ot' machine; but inst cad ol.' providingl lor their oscillation to l'ollowt he cont inuous movement olf the table during' theiroperation the devices are mounted upon a stationary arm, t", and

in place ol` the crear and rat-k l'or rotating' the shalt i?, l secure an arm to said shalt, as at which is operated through a connecting;- rod` I, seciired to one end ot a pivoted lever, m. A roller, n", projects lrom the inner lace of this lever in the path of a can, p, l'ormed by the peri] )l'1ery ol' a` disk on the sleeve o. This cam causes the rotation ot the shaft i an d the Vfeeding' otl the solder. Alter the lcver nl moved bv the cam a spring', /1`, le turns it.

lt will` be understood that the revolvingl table may represent an endless bell; or any kind ol' moving' support l'or the can-carriers.

After the can has been raised Vlrom its seat bythe track fr and the solder has been applied the can drops back into its seat as the table continues revolving', and is then subjected tothe llame from burner 1/,Figa The solder is thus thoroughly applied to the seam and permitted to dist rihute itself evenly therein. The conti nucd revolution oi the table causes the raising ot' `the can-seat again when the track fc reached, and the can at this point; Vis allowed to cool previous to heine' discharged. i

`What .l claim isl. In combination with a revolvingA table carrying' a series ol revolving can-carriers, solder devices arranged in proximity to the line ol. movement of the cz'trriers, a tube t'or directingA the solder to the can, :feet'lingA devices tor the solder, vertically-movable ean seats for the cans, aud a cam-track opposite the solder devices t'or raising' the carisseats to present-'the edge ot' the can to the soldcr-tuhe, substantially as descriliied.

ln combination with a revolving table carrying a series of revolving; canfcarriers, an oscillatingI arm, solder-'feeding devices carried by said arm, intermediate connections between the main dri ving-shaft and the arm for moving' thc same, and .intm'mediate connect-ions between the table ol' the n'iaehine and the fecdin devices for operati n e' the same, substantially as described.

3. ln conibinalon with a. revolving' table carrvin a series ol;l revolving can-carriers, an oscillal ing arm sum'iorted :l'rom and operated by the machine, solder-feediing,l devices carried on said arm, a vertical shaft for operating the feeding' devices, and rack-and-gear connections between said shal't and a stationary part of the frame, whereby said shaft is rotated inthe oscillation of the arm, suhstan tially as described.

ll OO TIO t. In combination with a revolving table carrying a series of revolving can-carriers, an oscillating arm, means for oscillating said arm in the movement ot the machine, a vertical shaft carried by the arm, rack-and-gear connections for said shaft, whereby it is rotated in the oscillation of the arm, a solderteedin g pulley carried loosely by said arm, and pawl-and-ratchet connections between the shaft and pulley, whereby the solder is fed in the oscillation of the arm in its forward movement only, substantially as described.

5. ln combination with the table and carriers thereon, an oscillating arm, a Avertical shat't carried thereby, ra-ck-and-gear connections for moving said shaft, a pulley carried loosely by the shaft, pmvl-and-ratchet connections between the shaft and pulley, and a spring' pressure-roller for keeping the solder pressed against the periphery of the pulley, whereby it is ted forward in the rotation of the pulley, substantially as described.

G. In combination with the table and the carriers thereon, an oscillating arm, bearings on its outer end for avertical shatt, a bracket for supporting the end of the arm, a rack on the table in mesh with a gear on the vertical shaft, a feed-pulley on the upper end of the shaft, and a pawl-and-ratchet connection between the shaft and pulley, substantially as described.

7. In combination with the table and carriers thereon,an oscillating arm carrying solder-feeding devices operated by the oscillation otA said arm, means tor retracting said arm, and a pawl-aml-ratehet connection between said arm and a revolving part of the machine l'or moving the arm in one direction, substantially as described.

S. In combination with the table and cancarriers thereon, an oscillating arm carrying solder-'feeding devices operated by the torward movement ol' the said arm, a pawl-andratchet connection between said arm and the driving-power lfor moving the arm in one direction, and a spring' for returningl said arm, substantially as described.

9. 'ln combi nation with the table and can-carriers thereon, an oscillating' arm carrying solder-feeding devices, a sleeve, Zi, the ratchetwheel carried thereliiy, and a pawl on the oscillating arm projecting Vinto the path ot' the ratchet-wheel, wlnreby the said arm is carried forward by said ratchet, and means for retracting said arm, substantially as described.

l0. In combination with a table and cancarriers, the sleeve for driving the parts, a ratchet-wheel carried thereby, an oscillating arm carrying solder-feeding devices, a springpawl on the arm adapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel, a releasing-stud on the table for releasing said pawl from the ratchet, and

means for retracting said arm, substantially as described.

ll. The combination,` in a soldering-machine, ot a central sumiorting-post, a sleeve thereon, said sleeve being driven from a main driving-shaft, a table connected with and driven by said sleeve, can-carriers supported from said table, gears on the lower ends of said carriers, a gear-wheel loosely mounted on the sleeve and driven from the main shaft, heating means vtor the cans, and solder devices, with means for automatically feeding solder to the cans, a raised cam-track in vfront of the solder devices tor lifting the supporting-disksV and cans thereon, whereby solder may be applied to the cans, and cooling means, substantially as described. l

l2. n combination with a revolving table carrying a series of can-carriers, verticallymovable can-seats for the cans, means for lifting said seats, and solder devices having a solder-directing tube above the level of the can-carrier and in line with the edge ot the can when lifted by its seat, substantially as described.

13. In combination, the movable table, the can-seats thereon, arranged to be raised and lowered, the can-holders and devices for raising and lowering them, solder-feeding devices, a device for raising the can-seats at the position et' the said solder-'feeding devices, the said can-seats and cans being arranged to drop back automatically after passing said devices, and a second device for elevating the seats and cans tor cooling the latter, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in. the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

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W i tnesses:

FELiX R. SULLrvAN, Janus (T. G. UNDUCH,

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